Tuukka Rask Gets Maximum Contract Extension in Boston

[RGM81]

8 years, $56M - cap hit of $7M per season.

There's absolutely no question that he's going to be their #1 guy over the long haul now.

Somewhere, Henrik Lundqvist is smiling.

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=427429

In 36 regular season games in 2013, Rask compiled a 19-10-5 record with a GAA of 2.00 and a .929 save percentage with five shutouts. The B's netminder finished the season tied for fourth in the NHL in wins (19), tied for first in shutouts (five), third in save percentage (.929) and tied for fourth in goals against (1.96). During the 2013 postseason, Rask led the NHL in save percentage (.940), tied for first in shutouts (three) and finished fourth in GAA (1.88) in 22 games. Rask set a club record for home playoff shutout streak at 193:16, spanning from game four of the Conference Final to game three of the Cup Final.
In 2011-12, Rask appeared in 23 games, recording an 11-8-3 record with a 2.05 GAA and a save percentage of .929. In 2009-10, Rask set a career high in wins (22) and led the NHL with a 1.97 GAA and .931 save percentage, becoming the first Bruins goaltender to have a GAA below 2.00 since 1998-99. His 1.97 GAA that season, was the lowest by any Bruins goaltender since 1938-39 season.
In 138 NHL games, all of which have come with the Bruins, Rask has compiled a 66-45-16 record with 16 shutouts, a .927 save percentage and a 2.15 goals against average. The 26-year-old has appeared in 35 postseason games for the Bruins, amassing a 21-14 record, while posting a 2.15 GAA and a .930 save percentage with three shutouts.

[mooneyes]

Wow, think Tuuka is awesome but 8 years is a long time to be married to a goalie, especially if Malcom Subban blossoms into a star.

[cygnusx1]

Yeah, at one time Luongo and DiPietro looked like they were destined to be stars for years and years. Fortunately we'll have another lockout in a few years, so if Rask plays poorly, at least the Bruins will be able to use an amnesty buyout on him.

[RGM81]

By the time of the next CBA's expiration, he'll have one year left on the contract. They'll manage. LOL

[cygnusx1]

By the time of the next CBA's expiration, he'll have one year left on the contract. They'll manage. LOL

More than half of the buyouts this offseason had only one year left on their contracts.

[RGM81]

This is true, but I have my doubts that Rask will become the type of organizational dead weight that so many of those guys were. Looking solely at my own team, the lancing of the Gomez & Kaberle boils cleared away the last remnants of just how organizationally inept the Habs were under Gauthier. There's no way that Bergevin would want to proceed with those two contracts eating up over $11M in cap space.